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“The moment you accept what troubles you've been given, the door will open. Welcome difficulty as a familiar comrade. Joke with torment brought by the friend. Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets that serve to cover, then are taken off. That undressing and the beautiful naked body underneath is the sweetness that comes after grief. The hurt you embrace becomes joy.”
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“The contemplative tradition has most deeply influenced my spiritual growth and my identity. My Christian action flows from my life of prayer.” Aaron McCarroll Gallegos agrees: “An authentic prayer life has become one of the most important Christian practices for me…. Without a vital inner spiritual life, I believe it is almost certain that one will lose their way.”
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
“The deepest and most important spiritual lessons I ever learned came from a circle of drunks, fighting desperately not to drink today, whom I initially viewed as low-life losers, and who ultimately came to be for me the oracles of God. The Twelve Steps in no way diminished my appreciation for the gospel of Jesus Christ—quite the contrary—I am more convinced than ever of the reality of the gospel story.”
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
“Part of universal hospitality is in the practice of befriending other religious traditions and practices, while remaining deeply grounded. Brent Bill thinks Christians need to engage in “theological hospitality,” that we “should be open and welcoming…instead of starting with the theological differences that divide us.”
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
“By having a realistic sense of history,” Livingston responded. He insisted that seeing the past on its own terms—not through the romantic gaze of nostalgia—is intrinsic to human flourishing. Nostalgia, he declared, is the enemy of hope. It tricks people into believing that their best days are gone. A more realistic view of history, he insisted, envisions the past as a theater of experience, some good and some bad, and opens up the possibility of growth and change. Our best days are ahead, not behind. Hope for the future.”
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
― A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
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